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Lee County at Forefrunt of Slavery Fight | The News-Press | June 28, 2009
"We're light years ahead of other communities," said Assistant U.S. Attorney Douglas Molloy, who's prosecuted 20 slavery and human trafficking cases throughout Southwest Florida over the past decade, freeing 50 victims. "Because of our united community efforts, we're in a place most areas aspire to."

Those efforts include a two-man team at the Lee County Sheriff's Office, a multiagency task force and a new command center at Florida Gulf Coast University: The Esperanza Project.

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